
NORTHERN NIGERIA: 1900 Apr 17 Envelope addressed to Stanley Gibbons in London franked 1896-97 1/2d + 1d + 2d + 2 1/2d each cancelled manuscript dated cancel in red, There is an error of date on 3 of the stamps - the March dates are incorrect as the 'new' stamps did not arrive in N Nigeria until Ap 4 1900. The cover is not addressed by Lugard himself but probably by his Personal Secretary, H.C.Gollan, though the stamps are almost certainly cancelled in Lugard's writing. Very fine and attractive.